# WHATPORT(3322)

## NAME

port 3322 — active-net (Active Networks) — First port of the 3322-3325 Active Networks research block; nothing ships on it.

Protocol: TCP  
IANA registry

## DESCRIPTION

IANA assigns 3322 through 3325 as a single block named `active-net`, "Active Networks", registered by Bob Braden of ISI for the DARPA active-networking research programme of the late 1990s — the idea that packets could carry code for routers to execute. The work produced papers and prototypes, not a deployed protocol, and no public specification ties a particular function to 3322. Scanners label it `active-net` from the registry alone. Anything listening here today is unrelated to the registration.

## EXPOSURE

**Expose with care.** Treat an open 3322 as an unidentified service and fingerprint it; the registered name tells you nothing about what is actually answering.

## CHECK

```sh
nc -vz TARGET 3322
```

## SEE ALSO

- iana — [IANA Service Name and Transport Protocol Port Number Registry](https://www.iana.org/assignments/service-names-port-numbers/service-names-port-numbers.xhtml) (iana.org)

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